Anco Software Ltd.

Overview

Anco Software was a long-running British game developer and publisher. The company was founded as Anirog Software in 1982 and was initially primarily a publisher of games for 8-bit computers like the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum. After changing its name in the mid-eighties the company had hits with the football game series Kick Off (1989) and Player Manager (1990), which were released for a number of systems, including consoles. Around the mid-nineties the company shifted from a publisher to a pure developer having publishing deals with companies such as Maxis, Ubi Soft and 3DO. The company was forced to close in 2003 after the death of the company's owner, Anil Gupta.


Contributed by Kabushi (49973) on Sep 12, 2009.